25 years have passed since the death of Princess Diana. Now Diana’s Ford Escort has been sold at auction.
Princess Diana drove her Ford Escort for a few years. PDO
Princess Diana’s Ford Escort has been sold at auction for more than 850,000 pounds, or more than one million euros, according to the New York Post.
The car was sold at the Silverstone auction at the end of a fierce bidding competition. The buyer offered £650,000 for the car, but the price eventually dropped to £851,070 due to an extra commission. The car was expected to sell for over £100,000.
Diana owned the car between 1985 and 1988. According to the magazine, the car was typically white, but it was customized for the princess in black at the request of the court.
During those years, Diana was seen driving the car around Chelsea and Kensington before returning it to Ford. About 10,000 kilometers had been accumulated on the car.
– All other members of the royal family traveled in London in the back seats of official cars. He drove a car, the kind you see in the suburbs and not outside the palace, Diana’s car was commented on from the auction.
The car had several owners after Diana, and has since accumulated more than 40,000 kilometers.
A video of the auction was published on Twitter, with the audience cheering for the accepted bid.
You can watch the embed from here.
In April, Diana’s blue, three-speed Raleigh bicycle was auctioned for a starting price of £20,000.
Diana used it to cool off in the 1970s along the streets of London when she was still working as a nanny. Later the game was deemed inappropriate for a princess and was sold to her friend’s father. Later the game was deemed inappropriate for a princess and was sold to her friend’s father.